Striking bag



. a. KENNEDY STRIKING BAG Filed May 26 1925 WITNBSES "1 Bert [Ken/W.

' ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

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To all whom it may concern; I 1,

Be it known that I, BERTliEfiNEDY- a citizen of the United Statesi'and aresident of Gloversville, in the county of Fulton an'd State of NewYork-have, made oertainnew and useful Improvements in Striking 'Bags, ofwhich the following isa specification. H

Mypresent invention relates generally to exercising apparatus and moreparticularly to what are known as striking bags, com monly used inconnection with frames below which the bags are suspended for freemovement against portions of, the frame which in turn causes the bag torebound for the next:blow., Arrope is commonly used asthe'nieansofsuspension for such bags, and the bag itself ordinarily includes anouter casing within which an inflatable flexible rubber inner casing isexpanded, the outer casing or bag proper having its upper smaller endprovided with a laced closure, the lacing of which is accomplished afterthe inner casing is properly inflated. Across the upper end of the bag,an attaching strap is extended with its ends sewed to the inner surfaceof the outer casing so that the suspension cord may be tied to thiscross strap.

The result of this construction is that the lower end of the suspensioncord attached to the bag is rarely fixed securely in line with the axisof the bag so that it is very difficult to secure uniform and properrebound of the bag from the frame and it is not, in addition, easy to sotie the suspension cord as toget the bag at exactly the right height inorder to properly strike the bag engaging portions of the frame.

Another disadvantage of the above men tioned ordinary construction isthat the cross strap quickly wears and either breaks or pulls away fromthe casing of the bag.

It is the object of my present invention to eliminate the abovedisadvantages by the provision of a top piece in connection with astriking bag, permitting the use] of a laced side opening and of thecomplete closure of the reduced portion of the bag above the lacedopening, as well as of the adjustable connection of the suspension cordin such manner as to insure its alinement with the axis of the bag.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention and forms apart of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustratprovernents, and, a

.t 'Figure 2 isa; vertical:secti on' through appli o; the a iiig l i i ghis ieii hai d v l jmy 1 efer ing n to hese guresrel d Pe i ticulalrlyto Fig. 1, I have sllOWIl PQI'tions of a frame for a' striking bagincluding a rim 10 which'the bag a in its movement strikes. Theba'gfissuspendedinflthe fra e 1 by Ine ansof a cordjor rope 11 and in order toinsurefeven. uniformtrebound of the bag from the rim of'the frame, thissuspension cord or rope mustbe secured to -,th e bag in line withthe'axis'of the latter. Ihave generally indicated the bag at 12,provided in accordance with my invention, with a re duced upper portion13 and with a laced side opening 14, through which the inflatable innerpart is inserted in and removed from the casing of the bag, it beingparticularly noted that the reduced upper portion 13 of the bag isentirely closed above the laced opening 14, except for its upper centralopening through which the top piece is in accordance with my inventionclamped.

The top piece includes an inner disk 15 centrally from which a threadedtubular screw 16 upstands or outwardly projects,

this screw extending through the upper opening of the bag and through anaper,- tured outer disk 17 for the reception of a tapering clamping nut18, the latter externally of the bag and adapted to clamp the edge ofthe bag around its opening between the disks 15 and 17.

Between the edge of the bag around its opening and the disks 15 and 17are preferably employed leather or other washers 19 to insure bettergrip against the leather of the bag and also to avoid cutting throughthe adjacent portions of the bag, leather washers 19 being preferably ofslightly greater diameter than the clamping disks 15 and 17 The bore ofthe screw 16 is preferably extended through the disk 15 and will thusaline withthe bore of the clamping nut 18 through the latter of whichthe lower portion of the suspension cord 11 is readily in-' theadjustment of the clamping parts in the first instance,the top piece ofthe bag may be located in axial alinernent with the bag and in this Way,the'suspension cord will necessarily attach to the bag in line with itsaxis so that proper rebounding movements of the bag from the rim 10 ofthe frame will be insured. I

Equipped with my invention the striking bag as a whole will be strongerand more durable in addition to its adaptability to more effective,manipulation in use and it is apparent that While. attaining these manyand decided advantages my inventiondoes so with little additional cost,with little ifany additional labor in placing the top pie'cein positionin, the first instance, and with 'inuch less trouble in properlymaintaining the connection between the suspension cord and bagthereafter, as well as adjusting the bag with respect to the suspensioncord when desirable ornecessary.

' I clain1: I f 1. striking bag' having a laced side opening and areduced upper end provided with an aperture in line with the axis of thebag, the said reduced upper end being closed between said'side openingand said top aperture, and a top piece clamped through and around thetop aperture, having a central bore in line with the axis of the bag toreceive a suspension cord and including an external clamping nut havinga cord gripping element.

2. A striking bag having a laced side opening and a reduced upper endprovided with an aperture inline with the axis of the bag, the saidreduced upper end being BERT KENNEDY.

